Melanie Brown

'Utterly absorbing and deeply affecting' – The GuardianAs a Spice Girl, TV talent show judge and Broadway star, Mel B a.k.a Scary Spice, has been a global icon since her twenties. But behind the glittering façade of fame, the struggles and pain of this working-class, mixed-race girl from Leeds are laid bare in her critically acclaimed best-selling memoir, Brutally Honest. With deep personal insight, remarkable frankness and trademark Yorkshire humour, the book tells how she went from Girl Power to girl powerless during her ten-year emotionally abusive marriage. Tracing a path through the key moments in her life, she reflects on her childhood, rise to fame and her chilling downward spiral before she finally broke free. In this expanded edition, written with Louise Gannon, Mel brings her story up to date. With her trademark honesty, she tells the unfiltered story of piecing herself back together, dealing with trauma and new heartbreak whilst becoming a champion for survivors of abuse, performing once more with the Spice Girls and receiving her MBE from Prince William.

This poetry is for those whose life has jumped the tracks and hurtled them down a path that they never expected. For those that don't know what their future holds and embrace the fear. It is for the people who loved and lost and choose to love again and for those who see beauty and clarity in quiet places. It is for anyone who is letting go and holding on and finding truth in raw, wild, captured moments.

The Rainbow Fish for kids who love the garden.A moving picture book for ages 3 to 8 about a daisy who is told she’s “just a weed”—and embarks on a journey to find her place in the garden.Daisy is new to the garden and just opening her petals to the sun when Rose tells her that she's just a weed. What’s a weed? Daisy asks. Weeds aren't planted on purpose, Rose explains, and they only get in the way. Soon Daisy compares herself to other plants in the garden: she isn't tall like Sunflower, nor sweet like Strawberry, nor fragrant like Rose. Daisy worries that Rose might be right—that she is a weed after all—until a strange and beautiful plant offers Daisy a different perspective. Maybe Daisy can choose her own purpose! And why do others get to decide who she is?This sweet and empowering story is the perfect gift for teaching young children about:Self-compassion and confidence. Daisy learns that she is so much more than “just a weed” and that it’s up to her to define who she is, not others. Everyone has something special about them and supporting one another can help us grow.The importance of loving yourself exactly as you are.

Persephonii Waters' life as a consultant of the preternatural might be the perfect front page cover for a supermarket tabloid, but the savvy, smart, recently turned thirty pseudo detective is happy with her single, nearly non-existent personal life, her charming if frustrating handler/partner and solving the crimes and mysteries of the paranormal world. As a private consultant, her life resides in the zone where the mundane and supernatural collide, two forces that often leave devastation in their wake. She's seen more than anyone, and knows firsthand the wondrous and horrific power of all things paranormal. She returns to the states and finds herself in the middle of escalating cases of violence, leaving little doubt that something inhuman is involved. As the death toll rises the random crimes begin to paint a horrible picture of killer instinct and ruthless purpose. Persephonii's wayward gifts, honed skill and encyclopedia like knowledge, maybe the perfect mix to piece together the facts and find the force behind the murders before the situation escalates to an all out war between the two worlds. As tensions rise, it's up to Persephonii to step out of the shadows and help solve this deadly puzzle where everything is more than it seems at first sight.